Minor Counties Championship 1909

67 MATCH NUMBER 36 : LINCOLNSHIRE V CAMBRIDGESHIRE – EAST DIVISION At The Black Swan Ground, Stepping Stones Lane, Spalding on Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 July 1909 Result: Lincolnshire won by eight wickets Points: Lincolnshire 5 Toss: Cambridgeshire Umpires: Not known Debutants: Lincolnshire 1 (C C Harrisson); Cambridgeshire 1 (E Laurie) First day score: Cambridgeshire 96 and 39-3 wickets (B W Pigg 2*); Lincolnshire 174 Cambridgeshire + Watts, G H lbw b Broughton 6 ( ) c Crookes b Riley 4 Coulson, H b Geeson 0 (5) lbw b Cooke 4 F W Bryan b Riley 13 ( ) run out 7 F Roberson c and b Broughton 6 (3) b Broughton 0 A S Ling b Riley 30 ( ) b Cooke 2 B W Pigg c Geeson b Cooke 5 ( ) b Riley 41 E Laurie c Allen b Riley 7 ( ) b Riley 1 F E Morgan not out 14 ( ) b Broughton 0 O W Bocock run out 5 ( ) not out 15 * C Pigg b Riley 2 ( ) c Allen b Riley 3 A E Bellars b Riley 1 ( ) hit wicket b Riley 0 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 2 7 b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 2 7 Total 96 84 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 6 6 22 57 66 73 73 91 94 96 Second innings 5 5 39 53 60 60 61 70 84 84 Cooke 8 3 16 1 - - (3) 9 0 29 2 3 - Geeson 20 9 34 1 - - Broughton 15 7 30 2 - 1 (2) 4 1 22 2 - - Riley 13 8 9 5 - 1 (1) 14 7 26 5 - 2 Extras - - 7 1 - - - - 7 1 - - Total 56 27 96 10 0 2 27 8 84 10 3 2 Lincolnshire * W E Thompson lbw b Coulson 9 Rev C G Ward b Coulson 19 Broughton, J J st Watts b Coulson 51 L S Harrisson c B W Pigg b Coulson 0 (4) not out 4 Riley, E E st Watts b Coulson 0 J E Crookes b Coulson 14 J Redwood st Watts b Laurie 9 (1) b Coulson 0 E T Cooke lbw b Coulson 2 Geeson, F not out 29 C C Harrisson lbw b Coulson 0 (2) b B W Pigg 0 + Allen, G J c and b Bellars 18 (3) not out 2 Extras b 21, lb 2 23 b 2, lb 1 3 Total 174 (2 wickets) 9 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First innings 33 44 52 52 70 95 106 125 127 174 Second innings 2 4 - - - - - - - - Coulson 32 16 65 8 - - (1) 3 2 5 1 - - B W Pigg 11 4 19 0 - - (2) 2 1 1 1 - - Bellars 10.4 4 32 1 - - Laurie 7 0 22 1 - - Ling 4 0 9 0 - - Morgan 1 0 4 0 - - Extras - - 23 0 - - - - 3 0 - - Total 65.4 24 174 10 0 0 5 3 9 2 0 0 Notes: Lincolnshire won by eight wickets before lunch on the second day. The match was played in fine weather on both days. For the winners, Riley took 10 wickets in the match for 35 runs, including 5 for 9 in the Cambridgeshire first innings. There were 9 fours in Broughton’s 51. For the losers, there were 7 fours in B W Pigg’s 41. In the Lincolnshire first innings, Geeson and Allen added 47 runs for the last wicket. Coulson took 8 wickets in the Lincolnshire first innings for 65 runs. His 16 maidens in the Lincolnshire first innings were the third highest in an innings during the season. W J Hibbert withdrew from the Lincolnshire team at the last moment because of illness. A S Barlow fielded as substitute in the Cambridgeshire first innings until his replacement, C C Harrisson, arrived at the ground. [Missing: Umpires; in Cambridgeshire second innings batting order; precise time completed.] Sources: Grantham Journal 17 July; Lincolnshire Free Press 20 July; Cambridge Daily News 14,15 July; Cambridgeshire Weekly News 16 July; Eastern daily Press 15 July; Yorkshire Post 15,16 July; The Sportsman 15,16 July; Cricket 22 July.